The Project TIME. Mentor Program (Teach – Inform – Mentor – Empower) strives to foster positive relationships between public school students and TIME mentors. The mentors seek to support families and help improve the students’ chance of succeeding academically and socially.

The TIME Mentor Program matches trained Community volunteers with elementary and middle school students in cooperation with the schools’ teachers and intervention specialists.

Mentors and students play on the playground, work on schoolwork, read, or do other activities together in the classroom. The mentors serve as role models and become stable, reliable friends to their students. Volunteers mentor from October to early June during the academic year.

Our Objectives:

• To provide positive role models for youth.
• To enhance the self-esteem of students.
• To encourage the academic success of students in at-risk situations.

Our Goal: To aggressively participate in reducing the school drop-out rate. We achieve this by:

• Increasing positive attitudes toward school
• Working towards higher grades
• Improving students’ relationships with peers
• Helping students express their feelings
• Helping students develop higher levels of self confidence